G. Syridou, C. Vliora, C. Kottaridi, D. Doganis, V. Papadakis, N. Tourkantoni, A. Paissiou, G. Kourlaba, T. Zaoutis, V. Papaevangelou
32nd Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID 2014)
|Dublin, Ireland, May 6-10, 2014
AIM: A prospective observational study was conducted to examine whether viral infections of the upper/lower respiratory tract are associated with chemotherapy delay in pediatric oncology patients.
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K. Mougkou, I. Kopsidas, M. Dakoutrou, V. Manesi, A. Bilali, S. Maroudi-Manta, G. Kourlaba, S. Kouni, S.E. Coffin, T.E. Zaoutis
32nd Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID 2014)
|Dublin, Ireland, May 6-10, 2014
Central line associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) is the most common healthcare-associated infection in children and is associated with significant morbidity, mortality and costs. To prevent these infections, bundled interventions are recommended. Our aim was to determine the impact of central line (CL) bundle implementation on CLABSI rates in children's hospitals in Greece.
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G. Kourlaba, N. Spyridis, J. Kopsidas, A. Lourida, K. Mougkou, S. Manta-Maroudi, T. Zaoutis
32nd Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID 2014)
|Dublin, Ireland, May 6-10, 2014
INTRODUCTION: Antibiotics are commonly prescribed for children with conditions for which they provide no benefit. Up to 50% of prescriptions are unnecessary or inappropriate.
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G. Syridou, G. Kourlaba, A. Versporten, M. Tsolia, N. Spyridis
32nd Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID 2014)
|Dublin, Ireland, May 6-10, 2014
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Prolonged antibiotic treatment, when this is not clearly indicated, is common practice in paediatric patients.Our aim was to investigate the existence and variability of treatment duration in prescribing guidelines for common infections amongst European paediatric hospitals.
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Zoi Papanikolaou, Anastasia Dimopoulou, Katerina Mougkou, Georgia Kourlaba, Efthymios Choidis, Sofia Kouni, Stefania Maroudi-Manta, Susan Coffin, Theoklis Zaoutis, and Athanasia Lourida
Infectious Disease (ID) Week
San Francisco, California, October 2-6, 2013
BACKGROUND: Surgical site infections (SSIs) are the second most common health care-associated infection (HAI) in adults and children. There is a paucity of data in children especially in Europe. HAIs are of particular concern in Greece because the strains placed on the healthcare system by the financial crisis. The objective of the study was to determine the incidence of SSIs in children undergoing general surgical procedures.
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